Commercial Navigation on the Rideau Canal, 1832-1961
Author: Edward F. Bush
Publisher: National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, Parks Canada
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 304
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Edward F. Bush
Publisher: National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, Parks Canada
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 304
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Frank Mackey
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Published: 2003-04-16
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780773525832
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In Steamboat Connections Frank Mackey gives us a narrative account of the first twenty-five years of steam navigation along the St Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. Relying on a wealth of primary archival sources, Mackey focuses on the development of steamer traffic from 1816 – when the foundations were laid for the first stage-and-steamboat line between Montreal and Upper Canada – to the early 1840s - when locks, canals, innovations, and human daring conquered the rapids on those rivers and allowed for navigation between Montreal and the Great Lakes. He shows how, starting in 1841, small steamers ran "the circuit" – down the rapids of the St Lawrence to Montreal and then back up to Kingston and other Great Lakes ports via the Ottawa River and the Rideau Canal. Mackey introduces the entrepreneurs who forged this important link between Montreal and the nation's interior and chronicles the course of their industry, correcting previous misinterpretations. He sheds light not only on steamboats but also on the social, commercial, and geographical development that they made possible. He shows that the history of this country, a land with vast expanses and a harsh climate, cannot be fully appreciated without looking at the different modes of transportation that made it possible.
Author: Richard Reid
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Published: 1990-03-15
Total Pages: 501
ISBN-13: 0773584080
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book is the first detailed study of the Ottawa Valley in the early 19th century. The author provides an extensive introduction and numerous documents to trace the growth of this sometimes turbulent region, and its emergence as a society distinct from what later became Ontario.
Author: Robert W. Passfield
Publisher:
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780889027268
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Dianne Newell
Publisher: UBC Press
Published: 2011-11-01
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 0774843284
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book tells about a frontier region in economic transition. Its focus is the successful adoption of new technology to the particular economic and engineering circumstances associated with the newness or frontier nature of Ontario mining to 1890.
Author: Fred Dickinson
Publisher: Dundurn
Published: 1996-06-30
Total Pages: 138
ISBN-13: 096993811X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Fred Dickinson's diary opens a window on youth and the world of Ontario lakeland cottages at the beginning of the 20th century. "The stories we hand down, the diaries we preserve become the fabric of our social history. Young Fred Dickinson's 1904 account of tenting and cottaging is a spirited first-hand sketch of a long-neglected part of our heritage. Larry Turner places the diary within social, historic and geographic contexts giving it wide appeal to history buffs of all ages ...." - Julie Johnston, award-winning author
Author: Bruce G. Wilson
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Published: 1989-06-15
Total Pages: 605
ISBN-13: 0773573542
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This collection of articles provides a fresh look at the multi-faceted history of Upper Canada. As well as new perspectives on themes in economic, social and political history, essays are included on topics of concern to contemporary scholars such as nati
Author: Normand Lafrenière
Publisher:
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 104
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This study presents a brief history of the Ottawa River canal system from the time construction began until 1963. Although the Carillon Canal (a national historic park) would normally have been the focal point of such an undertaking, a specific study of this canal proved virtually impossible owing to the lack of information pertaining to its initial construction period. Records of the commercial use of the canal over the years were equally sparse. Fortunately, however, the history of the Carillon Canal is closely linked with that of several other canals (the Vaudreuil, St. Anne's, Chute-a-Blondau, and Grenville canals) constructed on the lower Ottawa River in the early 19th century. As a consequence this study encompasses the entire Ottawa River canal system.
Author: Francess G. Halpenny
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 1990-05
Total Pages: 1346
ISBN-13: 9780802034601
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →These biographies of Canadians are arranged chronologically by date of death. Entries in each volume are listed alphabetically, with bibliographies of source material and an index to names.